ORIGINAL: Greyshaft
ORIGINAL: mlees
As a side note, don't forget those paddlewheeled training carriers on the Great Lakes!
IIRC those paddlewheelers had no below deck stowage for planes. The pilots slept on land and every morning would take off from dirt and do a few circuit and bumps off the paddlewheeler before return to terra firma for the evening.
Not sure how you model that
Hehe, I wouldn't bother. But the idea of a PADDLEWHEEL ship evokes quaint images in my little mind. "The little steamer that could..."